THE ADA LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Northern Cross Timbers setting.
Ada city has 19.4 square miles of land in Pontotoc County. Its Census reference point is in Northern Cross Timbers, within Cross Timbers.
The Cross Timbers mark a transition from prairie to more wooded eastern landscapes. Native grassland is interspersed with post oak and blackjack oak, creating a woodland-and-open-country mosaic.
Regional context: Cross Timbers ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Ada and Pontotoc County
Ada is associated with Pontotoc County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Ada by land and water
The Census records 0.06 square miles of water within Ada, or 0.3% of its total area. It is 0.4 percentage points lower than the 0.7% recorded for Pontotoc County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Ada city has 7.7 times the land area of nearby Latta CDP (2.52 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

